Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Shaker Village:
42.431473, -73.337052
Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Shaker Village
Bird Watching ...
We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Berkshire County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found six communities that are also named Shaker Village.
There are two communities within Massachusetts that are also named Shaker Village.
Beyond Massachusetts, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Located In Massachusetts ...
Middlesex County
This Shaker Village is located in Middlesex County and lies 86 miles [138.4 km]<1> to the east of the Shaker Village that is located in Berkshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Shaker Village.
Worcester County
This Shaker Village is located in Worcester County and lies 91 miles [146.5 km]<1> to the east of the Shaker Village that is located in Berkshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Shaker Village.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Connecticut
Hartford County
This community is historic<2> and although located in Hartford County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hartford County community of Shaker Village.
Maine
Cumberland County
This Shaker Village is located in Cumberland County and lies 183 miles [294.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Shaker Village that is located in Berkshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Shaker Village.
New Hampshire
Merrimack County
This Shaker Village is located in Merrimack County and lies 113 miles [181.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Shaker Village that is located in Berkshire County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Merrimack County community of Shaker Village.
Ohio
Hamilton County
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Shaker Village [Hamilton County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Shaker Village ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Shaker Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Shaker Village and extending to:
Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 116 miles [186.7 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Shaker Village to Boston, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 311 miles [500.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,596 miles [9,005.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,308 miles [10,151.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,184 miles [6,733.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Shaker Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Shaker Village, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>
While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<4>
The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Shaker Village to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Shaker Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4315, Longitude: -73.3371 In this case, the coordinates for Shaker Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.339 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.117 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.568 degrees.